Brave integrates its own search results with its Leo AI assistant | TechCrunch
Jun 14, 2024 - techcrunch.com
Brave, a privacy-focused search engine and web browser company, is integrating search results into its Leo chatbot. The search results are based on the Brave Search API, and Leo is integrated into the company's browser. This integration aims to help users find more up-to-date information and can be used to fetch information like the latest scores, pull more context related to the topic while reading an article, and search recent and relevant topics to create social media posts. The company emphasizes that the integration is privacy-forward as it doesn't require users to log in, doesn't store conversations with the AI chatbot on its server, and doesn't use the responses to train its model.
Brave has been working on building its AI capability to attract more users to its browser and search engine. It launched AI-powered summarization for its search product last year and made the Leo AI Assistant available to everyone in November 2023. In April, the company introduced an AI Answer engine to search to answer users’ queries. The company also offers Leo Premium at $14.99/month, which provides higher rate limits and access to the latest models.
Key takeaways:
Brave is integrating search results into its Leo chatbot, with results based on the Brave Search API.
The integration is privacy-focused, as Brave doesn't require users to log in or store conversations with the AI chatbot on its server.
Users can purchase Leo Premium at $14.99/month for higher rate limits and access to the latest models, with unlinkable tokens issued to prevent personal identification.
Brave has been building its AI capability to attract more users to its browser and search engine, with features like AI-powered summarization and an AI Answer engine.
